air strike

noun

: an attack in which military airplanes drop bombs

The strategy calls for air strikes on key targets.

Examples of air strike in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just a week earlier, Amnesty International responded to accounts of an air strike on Wednesday night—also known as the evening of International Human Rights Day—reportedly on a hospital in Rakhine State, the human rights organization reported. —Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 17 Dec. 2025

A week before Pope Leo was due to land in Beirut, an Israeli air strike on the capital killed 57-year-old Haytham Ali Tabatabai, a senior Hezbollah military commander. —Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 30 Nov. 2025

Israel kills Hezbollah leader in Beirut strike An Israeli air strike killed a senior Hezbollah leader in Beirut, further weakening an already uneasy truce. —semafor.com, 27 Nov. 2025

Israel and Hezbollah have a long history of conflict, with the latest Israel-Hezbollah war starting after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, and Israel launched ground and air strike operations on Gaza, and later Lebanon. —Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Nov. 2025

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